The problem is lying about it—the best way to describe backdating options. The practice may defraud shareholders, as well as altering the appropriate accounting and tax treatment of the option grants.

尽管如此,就算如今作弊不多,仅仅处理1990年代的股票期权授予就够检察官们忙了.以低于市价授予股票期权并不违法.问题是对此说谎--关于股票期权回溯的最佳说法.此举可能欺骗股东,同时改变了股票期权授予的会计税务适当处理方法.被供述的UNITEDHEALTH的股票期权回溯---老板WILLIAM MCGUIRE收取16亿股票期权--如果属实,其利润和税务减免会损失几亿.

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The backdating scandal was triggered by several academic papers that identified suspiciously favourable patterns in the timing of option grants.

几家学术报纸发现了可疑的期权认购时间的方式而引起了期权回溯丑闻。

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The not-always-lovable Mr Jobs is still stuck in a greedy-looking share-option "backdating" scandal.

并不总是惹人喜欢的乔布斯先生仍旧身陷股票期权“倒签”的贪财丑闻。

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Alexander is currently in Namibia, fighting extradition to the U.S. His high-profile flight and the subsequent manhunt injected some drama into the otherwise-obscure scandal over stock-option backdating.

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In his strong-fisted ruling, Carney cited prosecutorial misconduct, a lack of evidence against Ruehle, and even went so far as to recommend that the (newly humbled) prosecutors drop the same option backdating charges against Nick and his co-founder Henry Samueli.

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